Subject Re: PasswordMaskEF.cc bug?
From Charlie <tm@tc.com>
Date Tue, 20 Feb 2024 16:01:16 -0500
Newsgroups dbase.getting-started

Sounds like it may be something on Window's end.

Ken Mayer Wrote:

> On 2/20/2024 9:05 AM, Charlie wrote:
> > Hi...  I am using PasswordMaskEF.cc which works great except for one exception.
> >
> > When you input into the entryfield the mask solid dots show which is great.  But if you type for instance a / or ' not defined in the special characters case you see an unusual character in the entryfield instead of a dot.  This surprised me because I thought characters that aren't defined would just be ignored so the user can't type them in.
>
> Not sure why they aren't being trapped, the code seems pretty specific.
> But it's been years since this has been worked on, by me or anyone else.
> The entryfield is using the Wingdings font which is built into Windows
> itself, which is why the unusual character.
>
> Ken
>
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